Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Elmira, NY
First Connect Health
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit (RN ICU)

Order ID: CCA-70604

Contract Duration: 13 Weeks (09/27/2026 – 12/26/2026)

Shift Matrix: Night Shift | 19:00 – 07:30 (3x12-Hour Shifts)

• Work Schedule: 36 guaranteed hours per week (3x12-Hour Night Shifts).
• On-Call Requirement: No call required.
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 Hours Per Week

🚫 Absolute Minimum Qualifications & Departmental Hardstops:

• Licensure Mandate: Active, unencumbered New York State RN License held in hand at submission.
• Experience Baseline: Minimum 2+ years of recent, dedicated Intensive Care Unit (ICU) RN experience in an acute care setting.
• Mandatory Certifications:
  • Active AHA BLS
  • Active AHA ACLS
• High-Acuity Competency Mandate: Direct experience managing invasive mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring (arterial lines, CVP), vasoactive drip titration, and critical care drug infusions.
• Backfill Requirement: Immediate start assignment backfilling a traveler whose contract ended early; candidate must be fully orientation-ready with minimal acclimation time needed.

Job Summary & Clinical Scope

A Medical Center in Elmira, NY is seeking an experienced Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (RN ICU) for a 13-week night contract in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU - Department 6410). Operating within the health system's primary acute care hospital, the ICU RN will manage comprehensive, high-acuity critical care nursing interventions for critically ill adult medical, surgical, cardiac, and trauma patients.

• High-Acuity Patient Assessment & Monitoring: Conduct continuous neurological, cardiovascular, and respiratory clinical evaluations; manage invasive hemodynamic lines (A-lines, CVP) and monitor cardiac rhythm telemetry in real time.
• Continuous Drip Titration & Pharmacotherapy: Administer and titrate high-risk critical care intravenous vasoactive continuous infusions (inotropes, pressors, sedatives, paralytics) according to strict facility protocols.
• Mechanical Ventilation & Airway Support: Manage invasive mechanical ventilation settings, assist with bedside endotracheal intubations, track arterial blood gases (ABGs), and execute lung-protective ventilation strategies.
• Interdisciplinary Critical Care Response: Lead bedside resuscitation efforts during Code Blue calls and rapid physiological deterioration; collaborate with intensivists, pulmonologists, and respiratory care teams to adjust critical care plans.

Department & Facility Details

• Department Setting: Intensive Care Unit (ICU - Department 6410) / High-Acuity Adult Critical Care.